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- Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit will convene leaders across healthcare, science, technology, policy, and investment from 20-22 October at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi
- Under the 2026 theme ‘To Sense is to Predict’, the Future Health Summit will examine how greater health insight can enable earlier intervention and better outcomes
- AstraZeneca CEO Sir Pascal Soriot, Isomorphic Labs President Mr. Max Jaderberg, Amref Health Africa Group CEO Dr. Githinji Gitahi, and Health Ministers from Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Colombia are among more than 130 Forum speakers, with participation expected from 100 countries
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Global leaders across healthcare, science, technology, policy, and investment will convene at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit from 20 to 22 October 2026 to examine how health systems can better anticipate risk and enable earlier intervention as advances in AI, genomics, diagnostics, and health data create new possibilities for understanding health risks earlier.
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As health systems respond to the growing burden of chronic disease and the need to help people live longer in good health, the ability to identify changing health risks and act sooner is becoming increasingly important. Hosted by Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi and the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, the Future Health Summit will be held under the theme ‘To Sense is to Predict’, exploring the global shift from reactive models of care towards earlier prediction, prevention, and personalised intervention.
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Future Health is already translating this ambition into year-round activity. Its inaugural Future Health Challenge received 393 submissions from 68 countries with solutions already present in international communities. Additionally, the platform has released the Future of Longevity and Future of Healthy Living whitepapers, and joined the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research’s BioConvergence Cancer Alliance as a Founding Member. The Future Health Summit will build on this work, bringing the Future Health community together in Abu Dhabi to advance further collaboration and implementation.
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With 130 Forum speakers and more than 175 exhibitors, with representation expected from 100 countries, the Summit will bring together expertise from a wide range of health systems and settings to examine how emerging approaches can work across different populations and models of care.
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Featured Forum speakers include:
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- His Excellency Mansoor Al Mansoori, Chairman of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
- Sir Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca
- Mr. Tim Schmid, EVP & Worldwide Chairman of Johnson & Johnson MedTech
- Ms. Helga Fogstad, Director of Health, UNICEF
- Mr. Will Ahmed, Founder & CEO of WHOOP
- Mr. Tom Hale, CEO of ŌURA
- Dr. Christine Yuan Huang, Founder & CEO of Quantum Life
- Mr. Max Jaderberg, President of Isomorphic Labs
- Dr. Ola Brown, Founding Partner of HealthCap Africa
- Dr. Jayasree Iyer, CEO of Access to Medicine Foundation
- Mr. Hugo Harper, Mission Director of a Healthy Life at Nesta
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They will be joined by international ministers and government representatives. This global participation brings experience of national health systems and organisations to the discussions in Abu Dhabi, reflecting the reach of the Future Health community.
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Her Excellency Dr Noura Khamis Al Ghaithi, Undersecretary of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, said:
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“The ability to understand health risk earlier can have a measurable impact on how health systems serve their populations. As advances in science and technology give us greater insight into health, the priority is to translate that insight into earlier action that can improves outcomes and help people live more years in good health.
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“Global collaboration is fundamental to advancing this approach across different health systems and contexts. The Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit brings international expertise together with the capabilities we have built in Abu Dhabi, creating opportunities compare experience across health systems and examine how new approaches can work in practice. Abu Dhabi provides a real-world environment where that global exchange can connect directly with implementation at population scale,” she added.
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At the core of the Summit is the Forum, which will feature keynotes, C-suite conversations, and public-private dialogues involving leaders from across the global health ecosystem. The Forum will explore ‘To Sense is to Predict’ at three interconnected levels – individual, health system, and population – with discussions spanning Future Health’s four thematic focus areas: Longevity and Precision Medicine; Digital Health & AI; Health System Resilience & Sustainability; and Investment in Life Sciences.
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Alongside the Forum, the Global Exhibition will bring together exhibitors from across healthcare, technology, life sciences, and investment, showcasing innovations and capabilities shaping the future of health. A programme of Side Events will provide further opportunities for focused dialogue and collaboration.
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The Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit is the annual flagship gathering of Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi, a year-round platform for global collaboration and transformative health innovation. Throughout 2026, Future Health has advanced the ‘To Sense is to Predict’ agenda through international dialogues, research and impact initiatives designed to move ideas towards real-world application.
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